Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.  Happily, this week was less tumultuous than last, but there’s still some news to digest.

Despite the news coming from the Justice Department last week, some states are moving to legalize weed use.

(Reuters) – Vermont’s senate on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana use, which would make the state the first in the nation to do so through the legislative process rather than a ballot initiative.

The marijuana movement is charging ahead. To date eight states — California, Colorado, Nevada to name a few — have legalized weed for recreational use since 2012. And the trend continues. Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 12, 2018

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

A U.S. alcohol maker’s $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 24, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

BudTrader.com, the world’s largest medical marijuana website, announced today that it has received its trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after a year
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 10, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

Senior Canadian police officials tell MPs studying the government’s marijuana legalization legislation that police won’t be ready to enforce new laws by
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 15, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will publish draft legislation on the legalisation of marijuana later this week.


Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 14, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

West Virginia’s House voted Tuesday to legalize doctor-prescribed marijuana to treat certain medical conditions following Senate passage of a similar measure last week.


Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 7, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed off on a bill to allow research into the health benefits and risks of medical marijuana.


Continue Reading Week in Weed: March 31, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 8 (Reuters) – The prospect of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general has cast uncertainty over the country’s nascent legalized marijuana industry, souring deals and disrupting share prices since the longtime critic of the drug was nominated.


Continue Reading The Week in Weed: February 10, 2017

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at the world of legalized marijuana.

Microsoft is welcoming marijuana compliance company Kind Financial onto its Azure Government cloud platform, marking a legitimizing first for the legal cannabis business while positioning the technology giant at the vanguard of
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 24, 2016